Res. No. 260-99-10883RESOLUTION NO.260-99-10883
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,FLORIDA,RELATING TO
ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION;URGING TREE RESTORATION
TO BE A KEY PRIORITY OF ALL AGENCIES INVOLVED IN
STORM RECOVERY;PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,theSouthFloridaCommunity-UrbanResourcesPartnership,
Inc.representing Broward,Miami-Dade,Monroe,andPalmBeach Counties isa
locallylead-federalinitiativeforecosystemrestoration;and
WHEREAS,theMayorandCity Commission of theCity of South Miami
joinswiththe South Florida Community-Urban Resources Partnership,Inc.inits
efforttosupportan integrated flexible approach to management ofSouthFlorida's
biological andphysical environments including the maintenance,protection and
preservation of the area's natural ecosystems;and
WHEREAS,anintegralsegment of thatsystemistrees,whicharea
productiveandhealthyenrichment,especiallywhenfullygrown;and
WHEREAS,manytreesdamagedfromstormscanbesavedwithproper
andacceptedproceduresratherthan destroyed wantonly,atagreatcosttothe
taxpayer and our environment.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,FLORIDA;
Section 1.Inan effort tofurtherthiscause administration ishereby
advisedthatalldamagedtreesinSouthMiamipublicareasshouldbecarefully
restoredinsofaraspossiblewithdueconcernfortheexplicitvaluetoall
concerned.
Section2.Thatanytreesin South Miami completely destroyed be
replacedwithsimilartreesthatare mature as possible.
Section 3.ThattheCity Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of
this resolution toall Miami-Dade County municipalities soliciting their support for
trees which can be saved.
Additions shown by underlining and deletions shown by overatriking.
Section 4.This resolutionshalltake effect immediately upon approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21^day of December.1999.
ATTEST:„APPROVED:
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CITY CLERK
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ITY ATTORNEY
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Commission Vote:
MayorRobaina:
Vice Mayor Russell:
Commissioner Feliu:
Commissioner Bethel:
4-0
Yea
Yea
Yea
Yea
Commissioner Bass:Not present
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO:Mayor and City Commission .~DATE:12/17/99
AGENDA ITEM #
FROM:Charles D.Scurr /Jj^Jfa u Comm.Mtg.12/2199CityManagerLsyU*4^jree Restoration
REQUEST
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,FLORIDA,RELATING TO ECOSYSTEM
RESTORATION;URGING TREE RESTORATION TO BE A KEY
PRIORITY OF ALL AGENCIES INVOLVED IN STORM RECOVERY;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The attached resolution,sponsored by Mayor Robaina supports the South
Florida Community-Urban Resources Partnership,Inc.,in its effort to support an
integrated flexible approach to management of South Florida's biological and
physical environments including the maintenance,protection and preservation
of the area's natural ecosystems.
Inan effort to further this cause,administration is advised that all damaged
trees in South Miami public areas be carefully restored in so far as possible with
due concern for the explicit value of all concerned.Additionally,trees that are
completely destroyed should be replaced with similar trees that are mature as
possible.
An executed copy of this resolution will be sent to allMiami-Dade Municipalities
soliciting their support of trees,which can be saved.
Keith Douglass
President
Monroe County
TerryMock
Vice President
Palm Beach County
PatriciaCrawley
Secretary
Broward County
Russ Marchner
Treasurer
Miami-Dade County
Broward County
EileenCudney
MonfordJohnson
LynnShatas
Edward "Ned"Stone
Miami-Dade County
David Chiverton
BobbyGornto
Arsenio Milian
Alyce Robertson
Monroe County
Hon.AnneKellyCohan
Lt.GeorgeSimpson
Hon.Carmen Turner
DaveWhitney
Palm Beach County
Hon.Maude Ford-Lee
Jane Hart
Hon.Jeff Koons
Michael Odum
South Florida Community-Urban Resources Partnership
mSFCURP0
"A Locally Led-Federal Initiative for Ecosystan Restoration"
November 16,1999
MayorJulioRobaina
City of South Miami
6130 Sunset Drive
South Miami,FL 33143
DearMayor Robaina:
TheSouth Florida Community-Urban Resources Partnership (SFCURP)isthe
most diverselocallyledorganizationintheStateof Florida.TheSFCURPis
madeupof representatives fromthefourcounties (Broward,Miami-Dade,
Monroe,andPalm Beach).
TheconceptbehindtheSFCURPinitiativeistouseexisting resources withinan
urbanecosystem management framework utilizing interagency cooperation to
developandimprove resource planningand management inordertoimprove,the
social,natural,and economic environments in the four counties.
On October 20,1999,the SFCURP,Inc.BoardofDirectorsapprovedandadopted
Resolution No.99-01.TheResolution urges treerestorationtobeakeypriority
of all agencies involvedinstorm recovery.Enclosed isacopyoftheResolution.
Please feel free to contact me or Mr.Russel(M.Setti^Regional Director for
SFCURP by calling (954)792-1984.
Sincerely,
Keith Douglass
President,SFCURP,Inc.
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Enclosure
USDA Service Center ♦6191 Orange Drive ♦Suite 6183Q ♦Davie,Florida 33314
Phone:(954)792-1984 ♦Fax:(954)792-3996
RESOLUTION No.99-01
A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY-URBAN
RESOURCESPARTNERSHIP,INC.urging tree restoration to be a key priorityofall
agencies involved in storm recovery.
Whereas,
Whereas,
Whereas,
Whereas,
The SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY-URBAN RESOURCES
PARTNERSHIP,INC.representing Broward,Miami-Dade,Monroe,
and Palm Beach Counties is a locally lead-federal initiative for
ecosystem restoration;and
SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY-URBAN RESOURCES
PARTNERSHIP,INC.supports an integrated flexible approach to
management of South Florida's biological and physical
environments including the maintenance,protection and
preservation of the area's natural ecosystems;and
An integral segment of that system is trees which are a
productive and healthy enrichment,especially when fully grown;
and
Many trees damaged from storms can be saved with proper and
accepted procedures rather than destroyed wantonly,at a great
cost to the taxpayer and our environment.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the SOUTH
FLORIDA COMMUNITY-URBAN RESOURCES PARTNERSHIP,INC.
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
All damaged trees in public areas be carefully restored in so far
as possible with due concern for the explicit value to all
concerned.
That any trees completely destroyed be replaced with similar
trees that are mature as possible.
That all public agencies active in the four-county area of South
Florida be notified by copy of this resolution of the concern of
SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY-URBAN RESOURCES
PARTNERSHIP,INC.for trees which can be saved.
Approved and Adopted by the Board of Directors of SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY-
URBAN RESOURCES PARTNERSHIP,INC.at a regular meeting this 20th day of
October 1999.
AttesfT'
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Pat Crawley
Secretary
Keith Douglass
President